GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After 37 years without adding any buildings, construction is underway on a second new building for the Grand Rapids Fire Department and work on a third will begin soon.
City leaders, administrators, public safety staff, lawmakers and construction crews hosted a groundbreaking for the Division Avenue Fire Station Monday afternoon.
“Today has been almost 30 years in the making,” Grand Rapids Fire Chief Brad Brown told the audience. “We purchased the lot south of our current station back in the ’90s with plans to rebuild a new fire station and we just could never quite get there.”…